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From: "Gail" <>
Subject: Re: [ZA] Pounds, shillings and pennies
Date: Sun, 3 Nov 2002 14:43:30 +1000
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A quid was a pound sterling.
Gail
----- Original Message -----
From: "Glynis Millett-Clay" <>
To: <>
Sent: Sunday, November 03, 2002 2:15 PM
Subject: Re: [ZA] Pounds, shillings and pennies


> I remember a "quid" as well.
>
> What does that mean - can anyone remember?
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Lehmkuhl" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Sunday, November 03, 2002 2:43 AM
> Subject: [ZA] Pounds, shillings and pennies
>
>
> £.s.d. = Pounds, shillings and pennies
> £.s.d. = Librae, Solidi, Denarii
>
> A Denarii or Denarius was a Roman silver coin
>
> Before 14 February 1961, South Africans used £.s.d.
>
> Twenty shillings made 1 £
> Twelve pennies made a shilling
> A Half-crown was worth "two and six" (2 shillings and 6 pennies)
> A Crown was 5 shillings
>
> Three pennies were called a "ticky"
> Six pennies were called "sixpence"
> A shilling was called a "bob"
> A guinea was one pound and one shilling
>
> Some of the Afrikaans words were:
>
> A "oortjie" was a "kwartpennie"
> A "stuiwer" was a "halfpennie"
> A "oulap" was slang for a penny
> A "twalap" was slang for two pennies
> A "daalder" was one shilling and six pennies or "one and six"
>
> The term "daalder" came from the old riksdaalder, introduced by the Dutch
> at the Cape.
> A "riksdaalder" was worth 15 cents.
>
> The Guinea was used as the basis on which the professionals (doctors,
> dentists, lawyers, etc) based their rates.
>
> For 1 penny you could buy 4 nickerballs.
> A "one and six" could buy a big packet of Motto sweets (those sweets that
> had sayings on them such as "I love you" or "Stay with me".
>
> On 14 February 1961, Decimal Dan (played by Barry WIEHAHN) introduced
South
> Africans to the current South African currency (Rand and cents; 1 Rand =
> 100 cents), with a little jingle, composed by Dan HILL and Jimmy RAYSOND.
> [This was before I was born, so I only know the words from a copy of the
> Afrikaans jingle -
> "Daan Desimaal, die rand-sent-man, Gee jou sente vir pennies net waar hy
> kan"]
>
> For one pound (£ 1.- 0 - 0) you got R2,00
> A shilling got you 10 cents
> 10 shillings were equal to R1,00
> A tickey got you 2½ cents
> A sixpence was 5 cents
> A Daalder = 15 cents
> A Half-crown = 25 cents
> A Crown = 50 cents
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> Anne Lehmkuhl http://www.rupert.net/~lkool/
>
>
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